Optimization Aspects of the Reflector Antenna for the Digital Beam-Forming SAR System
Conference: EUSAR 2010 - 8th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/07/2010 - 06/10/2010 at Aachen, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2010
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Patyuchenko, A.; Younis, M.; Huber, S.; Krieger, G. (Microwaves and Radar Institute, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Muenchener Str. 20, 82234 Wessling, Germany)
Abstract:
The digital-beam forming (DBF) SAR system utilizing a reflector antenna is a novel concept allowing better performance while being of a lower complexity level compared to the system based on a planar antenna. However the reflector based DBF SAR is still a complex system which has a number of performance parameters and characteristics influenced by the antenna design. This paper discusses a relation between reflector antenna design options and an overall performance of the DBF SAR system. As a result the performance parameters of the systems based on the considered antenna configurations are compared.